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Pay-to-print policy possible
Brian Fanelli
Issue date: 12/14/04 Section: News
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Because of wasteful printing and to create more effective research done by students, the FHG Library on campus may have a pay-for-print system installed in the spring semester, if approved by the university.
If approved, the library may use the Pharos Uniprint System, which is used all across the country, including at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State, and
Clarion. If the system is installed at the library, each West Chester University student will be given a certain number of free pages a semester, which is an amount that is yet to be determined. Once a student exceeds that number of pages, he or she will have to pay for printing in the library using their Ram E-card.
The library?s pay-for-print vision has not been approved yet because the university first wants to do an evaluation of campus printing, and the evaluation has caused a delay in the pay-for-print system, according to Clayton Garthwait, the Access Services librarian on campus.
The cost per page students may have to pay at the library is yet to be determined. Yet the cost will most likely mimic the cost of printing that other colleges go by. Most colleges using a similar system charge between 5 and 10 cents a page.
Library officials want to use a pay-for-print system because of the wasteful printing occurring.
The WCU library saved wasted paper from public printers for a month, and it was discovered that more than 35 percent of all printing was waste, according to Julie France, a member of the Student Government Association.
Out of the 10 reams of paper a day that the library uses, over a third of it is waste, according to France. Students disregard what they print, or they print out nonresearch materials. The library?s computers and printers are meant to be used for research.
Library officials also believe that a new printing system will encourage students to do more focused, concise research, instead of simply coming to the library and printing out dozens of articles dealing with a subject, before narrowing the search. "What ideally will happen is students will
If approved, the library may use the Pharos Uniprint System, which is used all across the country, including at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State, and
Clarion. If the system is installed at the library, each West Chester University student will be given a certain number of free pages a semester, which is an amount that is yet to be determined. Once a student exceeds that number of pages, he or she will have to pay for printing in the library using their Ram E-card.
The library?s pay-for-print vision has not been approved yet because the university first wants to do an evaluation of campus printing, and the evaluation has caused a delay in the pay-for-print system, according to Clayton Garthwait, the Access Services librarian on campus.
The cost per page students may have to pay at the library is yet to be determined. Yet the cost will most likely mimic the cost of printing that other colleges go by. Most colleges using a similar system charge between 5 and 10 cents a page.
Library officials want to use a pay-for-print system because of the wasteful printing occurring.
The WCU library saved wasted paper from public printers for a month, and it was discovered that more than 35 percent of all printing was waste, according to Julie France, a member of the Student Government Association.
Out of the 10 reams of paper a day that the library uses, over a third of it is waste, according to France. Students disregard what they print, or they print out nonresearch materials. The library?s computers and printers are meant to be used for research.
Library officials also believe that a new printing system will encourage students to do more focused, concise research, instead of simply coming to the library and printing out dozens of articles dealing with a subject, before narrowing the search. "What ideally will happen is students will
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